Eliminating malaria in Africa has been held back by a range of factors, including a lack of funds and drug and insecticide resistance challenges.
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The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries is being threatened by insecticide and antimalarial drug resistance.
Up to 50% of the people who take the efavirenz antiretroviral react particularly badly to it and need to change drug regimens.
A global trend to regulate frequent antibiotic use in livestock and poultry production is emerging but Africa is still lagging behind.
Antimicrobial resistance continues to be a growing concern for our future health. Whose responsibility is it to intervene?
A new study shows that by using genomics, you can cut down the lengthy process of testing for drug-resistance TB to a matter of days.
South African scientists have found a way to single out the problematic parts of the bacteria causing TB that results in drug resistance.
Resistance to a commonly used antimalarial medication, Atovaquone, can’t spread to the general human population, a new research found.
Many people in the U.S. have no idea that TB is still found here, or what a major health risk it poses in other parts of the world.
There is an increasing focus on alternative treatment strategies, developed to treat other diseases and conditions but re-purposed to tackle TB.
Although there have been global efforts to eliminate parasites, some parasites and vectors will have survived attack because they have evolved resistance.
More than 700,000 people die each year from antibiotic-resistant infections. The World Health Organisation is trying to end the age of ignorance to protect this global common good.
Antibiotics are used extensively in Africa because of the continent’s high disease burden. This also means that resistance is high. Steps are being taken to raise awareness and encourage prudent use.
Across the world scientists are trying to find a new drug that the malaria carrying parasite will struggle to develop a resistance to.
Novel research in South Africa has found way to test for HIV drug resistance in a cheap and accessible way.
Though no magic bullet, bedaquiline has provided rich lessons about the challenges posed in global efforts to curb the TB epidemic.
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs in pets is a global health concern. The good news is a national survey reveals the bug is…
Malaria hits rural dwellers in poor countries the hardest. Those bitten by the wrong mosquito often do not know for many days that they have contracted malaria. Some have little or no access to doctors…
Drugs of the future may disarm antibiotic-resistant bacteria rather than destroy them, according to new research. A protein…
Antibiotics are being prescribed for suspected infections without meeting the criteria for clinical infection, increasing…
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